Organic farmers in Oregon are deeply concerned that unrestrained cannabis farming has led to pesticide runoff and the killing of pests.
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Organic farmers in Oregon are deeply concerned that unrestrained cannabis farming has led to pesticide runoff and the killing of pests.
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Citizens Regeneration Lobby, which promotes organic regenerative agriculture and is the lobbying arm of the Organic Consumers Association, has come out with a list of political candidates across the country that it has endorsed, including Audrey Denney in California (above).
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Environmentalists are distraught over the nomination of Aurelia Skipwith, calling her “the most unqualified” director in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s history.
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With locations in Los Angeles and New York City, The Goods Mart not only offers organic and Non-GMO products but places a real emphasis on initiatives that support the local community.
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Company co-founders Jennifer Garner and John Foraker discussed their goal of scaling quickly but remaining mission-driven.
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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin (Madison), Iowa State University and the Rodale Institute are embarking on a new project to assess current technologies that could be used in no-till organic systems and to determine which practices will help farmers protect soil health in their fields.
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Pro-GMO scientists from Cambridge, Oxford and other top European universities are protesting against an EU ruling which declared that gene editing should be regulated in the same way as GMOs.
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Unlike previous genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), gene drive organisms are deliberately designed to spread genetic pollution as an agricultural strategy, and a new report exposes how this technology may harm food and farming systems.
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Because of the serious problem of fraudulent organic grains from abroad, The Cornucopia Institute has come out with a consumer buying guide that identifies brands of organic dairy products, eggs, and poultry derived from animals that are exclusively fed U.S.-grown grains.
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Hurricane Maria has spurred some groups in Puerto Rico to embrace agroecology as a way to become more resilient to future climate-fueled disasters and to develop food sovereignty.
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Cornell has received a $1.4M grant from the USDA to study several aspects of organic food. This is somewhat ironic because Cornell is responsible for releasing the very controversial and unproven GMO-moths, and the Cornell Alliance for Science has been widely accused of being a PR campaign for the agrichemical industry.
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Speaking at the Fortune Global Forum in Toronto, Carla Vernon, president of General Mills’ natural and organic operating unit, explained the company’s commitment to regenerative farming.
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Consistent with the brand’s high profile activism and reflecting its fierce determination to protect our environment, Patagonia has officially endorsed political candidates in Montana and Nevada for the U.S. Senate.
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At an Investor Seminar in London, the world’s biggest yogurt maker said that it expects to triple the size of the plant-based business to $5.75 billion by 2025.
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In a new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, 70,000 French adults were tracked for an average of 4.5 years and it was found that those who ate the most organic foods were less likely to develop certain kinds of cancer.
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A San Francisco Superior Court judge, who had considered overturning the recent $289M verdict against Monsanto for its RoundUp causing Dewayne Johnson to get cancer, upheld the decision but reduced the financial award to $78M.
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The small Indian state of Sikkim went 100% organic in 2016 and is now showing the rest of the world that an agricultural policy devoid of toxic chemicals is a profitable and prosperous model. Love it!
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With the organic industry plagued by fraudulent grains from abroad, we now have reason to worry about suspect organic grains grown here in the U.S.
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Critics fret that biotech companies will own the building blocks of life. We’ve seen this playbook before.
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Organic berry company Driscoll’s is defending itself against “slave-labor” claims at its operations in Mexico.
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A Defense Department-funded “food security project” could also be used as a biological weapon, something that should frighten us to no end.
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A California judge ruled that Monsanto did not act with “malice or oppression” when California groundskeeper DeWayne Johnson claimed that the constant use of Roundup caused his cancer. As such, a new trial may be coming soon.
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The smart oven by June will now have a special Whole Foods button, allowing owners to select specific Whole Foods products to cook.
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In a study conducted at Clemson University, it was found that packaging with a “distinctive, natural look” enhances product attributes like organic and natural, helping brands stand out on the retail shelf.
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